Denis Zvizdić

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Denis Zvizdić
Denis Zvizdic June 2015 (18761084058).jpg
Zvizdić in June 2015
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
6 August 2019
9th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
31 March 2015 – 23 December 2019
PresidentBakir Izetbegović
Mladen Ivanić
Dragan Čović
Preceded byVjekoslav Bevanda
Succeeded byZoran Tegeltija
Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton
In office
6 February 2003 – 16 November 2006
Preceded byNermin Pećanac
Succeeded bySamir Silajdžić
Personal details
Born (1964-06-09) 9 June 1964 (age 57)
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partyIndependent (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Party of Democratic Action (1991–2021)
RelationsAljoša Čampara (cousin)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo

Denis Zvizdić (born 9 June 1964) is a Bosnian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives. From 31 March 2015 until 23 December 2019, he was the 9th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Zvizdić also served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 6 February 2003 until 16 November 2006.

Early life and education[]

Zvizdić was born on 9 June 1964 in Sarajevo. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo, where he earned a PhD and in 2007 became a professor of architecture.[3]

Early career[]

Zvizdić had worked at the Ministry for Environment and Construction of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), as well as for the Unioninvest Sarajevo Company prior to his political career. He was also Co-Director of the National Action Plan for Protection of Environment.[citation needed]

Early political career[]

In 2003, Zvizdić became Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton - his first major political appointment - and in 2006 speaker of the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly.[3][4]

He was then a member of the Federal Parliament (House of Peoples, 2006–10; House of Representatives, 2010–14).[3]

Zvizdić was a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) from 1991 until 2021.[5] He was a member of its Presidency from 2005. In 2009, Zvizdić was appointed Chair of the SDA Council and joined the party's Main Board in 2013. He was a member of the party Cantonal Board in Sarajevo (2004–05), and prior to that member of the Sarajevo Centar Municipal Board (2000–03).[citation needed]

Chairman of the Council of Ministers (2015–2019)[]

See also: Cabinet of Denis Zvizdić
Zvizdić (bottom row, fourth from right) at the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna, 27 August 2015

On 31 March 2015, in a vote in the national House of Representatives determining the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 out of the 42 Parliament members voted for Zvizdić, 5 voted against and 2 abstained. Zvizdić promised that his government would improve action on the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union.[4]

During his premiership, the SAA agreement with the EU entered into force on 15 July 2015, and on 15 February 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted its EU membership application.[6]

In July 2016, Zvizdić's government approved a comprehensive anti-discrimination law which has to do with LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, banning discrimination on account of one's sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. Later on, the Parliament adopted the law.[7][8] This came after the Law Against Discrimination was adopted in 2009, prohibiting discrimination based on sex, gender expression and sexual orientation. Furthermore, the law forbids harassment and segregation on the basis of sexual orientation.[9] The country's desire to join the EU has also played an important role in the government's approach to LGBT rights.[10]

After the 2018 general election and with a newly established government, on 23 December 2019, Zvizdić was succeeded as Chairman of the Council of Ministers by Zoran Tegeltija of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD).[11]

Personal life[]

On 8 February 2021, it was confirmed that Zvizdić tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Ćatić, I. (15 August 2014). "Porodica Čampara preuzela gotovo sve institucije". Dnevni Avaz. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ "BiH elects Denis Zvizdic as new chairman for state-level gov't". Xinhua News Agency. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Elvira M. Jukic (19 December 2014). "SDA Names Bosnia's New Prime Minister". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "BiH elects Denis Zvizdic as new chairman of BiH Council of Ministers". Bosnia Today. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ D.Be. (2 July 2021). "Denis Zvizdić zvanično napustio Stranku demokratske akcije!" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ N.N. (15 February 2016). "BiH predala aplikaciju za članstvo u EU: Još jedan korak na dugom putu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Better protection of LGBTI persons through the amendments to the Anti-discrimination Law of BiH". Soc.ba. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Anti-discrimination law updated – great step forward in Bosnia and Herzegovina - ILGA-Europe". Ilga-europe.org. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. ^ "ZAKON O ZABRANI DISKRIMINACIJE" (PDF).
  10. ^ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey
  11. ^ Er.M. (23 December 2019). "Počela sjednica o imenovanju Vijeća ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  12. ^ M.G. (8 February 2021). "Denis Zvizdić pozitivan na koronavirus" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Vjekoslav Bevanda 		Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015–2019 		Succeeded by
Zoran Tegeltija
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